Pilots Unite! Squadrons Prepare for Invasion!

[Jareb Kaine]

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Six days people! Time to get our butts into action!!​

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The war against the One Sith is about to kick into full throttle, so I thought it would be appropriate to get some official fighter groups on the books for the Galactic Alliance. I'm hoping we can get at least one for the upcoming Invasion (Which I know many of us look forward to excitedly). I haven't been in an Invasion yet, but from what I've seen it looks like it requires some coordination. Having a good sub-group for pilots could also help boost fleeting activity in Dominions and Skirmishes and create some unique thread opportunities for the GA.

Our first attack group will be designated Black Squadron. There's actually already been some impromptu grouping here: http://starwarsrp.net/topic/76356-om-wat-galactic-alliance-dominion-of-omwat/

But creating an official subgroup for squadrons will give us some distinct advantages in coordination and quality of roleplay. It should make pilot threading a whole lot easier as well.

This is definitely open to Forcers too, as some of the best Rogue Squadron pilots (which should be a heavy inspiration for the GA squadrons) were Jedi. Any Alliance member is welcome to join! I'm hoping to also try to partner with some of our merchants and engineers within the faction to design a new style of X-Wing and other types of signature ships for the Alliance. If you're interested sound off below!

 

[Cuan Kunn]

*puts on Owner hat*

http://starwarsrp.net/forum/2780-sub-unit-roster-squadsenclavesetc/

We've got Wild Knights, Twin Suns, Tiburons are around too, and a few others. Making a Starfighter Corps would be most excellent.

 

[Jareb Kaine]

[member="Cuan Kunn"]

Absolutely! It would be fantastic to categorize our squadrons and give our pilots more group motivations outside of Dominions and the typical military operations of the GA. I think planning some fun events involving our pilots could help boost activity across the boards, bringing even more strength to this already impressive faction of writers.

 

[Roth Tillian]

I'm working with the Wild Knights, although predominantly as an NPC unit at the moment.

 

[Jareb Kaine]

[member="Roth Tillian"] [member="Cuan Kunn"]

Who runs that flight group? I can really only find information documented on the Tiburons. It'd be great to get all our pilot writers organized and our squadrons all in a row. The easier to keep track of the better we can support the faction.

 

[Roth Tillian]

[member="Jareb Kaine"]

I run the Wild Knights, since there are no other PC members at this point. Having an FU illusionist fighter squadron makes things a little difficult, I suppose.

 

[The End Narrator]

I run Twin Suns.

 

[Jareb Kaine]

[member="Mira Rekali"] [member="Roth Tillian"]

Awesome! It'd be great to try to document and gather members for those squadrons. You guys have my support with whatever you need, or my respect if you'd rather keep doing your own thing. However I think it would be very cool to collaborate to create a more unified naval force for the GA. Especially in getting ready to fight the Sith.

 

[Roth Tillian]

[member="Jareb Kaine"]

Oh no, I'd definitely work with people on this. I just haven't found anyone else so far. Thinking of doing some more tweaking with the premise to open it up to more people.

 

[Ilias Nytrau]

[member="Jareb Kaine"]

Well, these things already have names!

That'd be the GAN - Galactic Alliance Navy, which is the naval arm of the GADF - Galactic Alliance Defense Fleet.

For starfighters, I've always been keen on the setup of having something that is particular to starfighters - à la Galactic Alliance Starfighter Command. In addition to that, I've always been keen on the rank structure found here for that. It's what I'm most familiar with, after ten years of writing Alliance/Republic fighter pilots.

What I've done in the past when fielding squadrons is try to have some divisor of 12 as a minimum of PCs for a squadron, and the remaining unfilled slots are filled with NPCs, that can either be killed, reassigned, or adopted when someone wants to join a squadron with a PC. Three or four PCs works, but six is ideal, and PCs can take NPCs as wingmen, give them a little spirit.

This system makes fielding squadrons easier, in my experience.

Note: I also write Kelly Perris, the CEO of Incom Corporation, a former fighter pilot, and Tadel's father. You want X-wings, he's your guy.

Additional Note: I'm also Justinian Atreides.

 

[The End Narrator]

I had quite a few PCs interested in Twin Suns prior to LOA. Might have to see if they're still game and then submit a unit request.

I'd like to see a Starfighter Corps, that would be neat.

 

[Coren Starchaser]

Tibs are a multi-branch spec ops, but yeah, the Starfighter Corps should happen.

Yes.

 

[Jareb Kaine]

[member="Mira Rekali"] [member="Tadel Perris"]

Yeah I think a Starfighter Command is a fantastic idea. For something like that we'd probably want an NPC overseer similar to the way the GA government leaders are run. An internal rank structure does exist if you look at the NFU character list, but it seems abstract and I don't know if there are specific criteria for each rank.

I was thinking we could probably muster around or under 4 PC's per squadron to start out depending on how many we have. As long as we have some kind of starting point to work from I'm good.

[member="Roth Tillian"]

Good to have your squadron on board.

[member="Coren Starchaser"]

Awesome!

 

[Ilias Nytrau]

[member="Jareb Kaine"]

People have pretty much been picking whatever makes sense, actually. We've have had free reign to pick and choose what we want to do, and it's made people pretty happy. Some have a very definite idea of what they want, and others are content to fill a need.

I mean, if we define a rank structure that works for our purposes, and give the template for people to put squadrons together by, then those that want to follow can follow, and those that want to lead can lead. People can still be in whatever position they believe suits the character they're trying to write, we still maintain the inherent freedom of the GA, we give some structure to those that thrive on it, and we run something that works.

 

[Poy Luroon]

I'm thinking of creating a new squadron for the GA - Scourge Squadron - but need to work out the details (I might do it after this invasion)

But you can definitely count me in on this one!

 

[Alasdair Sitra]

Reds are da best!

 

[Rekha Kaarde]

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Feel the need for speed!

 

[Julius Sedaire]

If you guys do a Starfighter Corps in general, I have a Jedi Starfighter Corps patch from the Jedi Path Book... I can donate a good pic of that for a symbol or such?

I don't have any pilots as characters, but I am looking forward to seeing us own the skies!

 

[Jareb Kaine]

Awesome to see all the positive feedback! Though as I see it, it may be better to handle this post-invasion because slots in that thread have already been locked. Though I think it would be fun to do a faction RP for scouting the system of Lujo before the invasion.

 

[Roth Tillian]

[member="Jareb Kaine"]

Only Ally slots, for those not in the faction. It's fair game and open to everyone within either the GA or OS. And that is definitely a potential idea, scouting it out.